Flag meeting to bring back Razzak today

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A flag meeting will be held on Thursday to bring back BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak who was abducted by Mayanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) from Teknaf frontier on June 17, said director general of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed.”A flag meeting between BGB and BGP will be held on Thursday if the weather remains favourable. Otherwise, it’ll be held the day after tomorrow (Friday),” he told UNB. The flag meeting is scheduled to be held around 10:00 am at Maungdaw of Myanmar, opposite to Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar.The BGB DG also said a list of six members BGB delegation was sent to its counterpart BGP yesterday (Wednesday). Sources at the BGB headquarters said Lt Col Abu Jar al Zahid, commanding officer of 42 BGB Battalion in Teknaf, will lead the 6-member BGB delegation to the flag meeting.Earlier on Tuesday evening, BGP sent a letter to the commanding officer of BGB-42 battalion of Teknaf Lt Col Abu Jar al Zahid containing a list of BGP’s delegation members to represent the flag meeting and also sought a list of BGB team members. On June 17, BGP opened fire on a BGB patrol boat in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar district. BGB sepoy Biplob Kumar suffered bullet wounds in the firing. Later, the BGP men took away Abdur Razzak.

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